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A Sad and Beautiful World

7.1(25)20261h 50m2

Across three decades of passion, loss, and hope, Nino and Yasmina are bound by a magnetic relationship. Torn between love and survival, they must decide whether to build a family in Lebanon or leave their home despite tragedies.

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Status
Released
Budget
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Box office
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Language
Arabic

Top billed cast

Behind the camera

Director

Cyril Aris

Writers

Cyril Aris

Produced in

Lebanon, United States of America, Germany, Greece

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • Theatrical (limited)18 Aug 2026
  • United KingdomGB

    • PremiereBFI London Film Festival11 Oct 2025
  • AustraliaAU

    • PremiereSydney Film Festival6 Jun 2026
    • PremiereLebanese Film Festival5 Sept 2026
  • CanadaCA

    • PremiereInternational Film Festival of Ottawa22 Mar 2026
  • BrazilBR

    • PremiereSão Paulo International Film Festival16 Oct 2025
    • Theatrical1425 Jun 2026
  • ChinaCN

    • PremiereShanghai International Film Festival13 Jun 2026
  • CzechiaCZ

    • PremiereKarlovy Vary International Film Festival3 Jul 2026
  • FranceFR

    • Theatrical18 Feb 2026
    • TVTPCiné+ Festival23 Sept 2026
  • GermanyDE

    • PremiereFilmfest Hamburg1 Oct 2025
    • Theatrical1220 Aug 2026
  • ItalyIT

    • PremiereVenice Film Festival31 Aug 2025
  • LebanonLB

    • PremiereMetropolis Beirut5 Sept 2025
    • Theatrical29 Jan 2026
  • NetherlandsNL

    • Theatrical124 Jun 2026

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A Sad and Beautiful World was released on 29 January 2026.

Audience reviews

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  • B

    Brent Marchant

    7/22/2026

    6/10

    For many, life in Lebanon is a paradox – a country that simultaneously embodies the qualities of hope and despair (even though the focus tends to be more on the latter than the former). Nevertheless, both traits are present, and, in this latest feature from writer-director Cyril Aris, that seeming contradiction is brought down to a human level through this bittersweet love story. Set across three decades beginning in…

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